#THE SCHEDULED AREAS (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS) ACT, 1953 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Assimilation of laws. 
4. Transitional provisions. 
5. Savings. 
6. Provision for removal of difficulties. 
THE SCHEDULE. 



#THE SCHEDULED AREAS (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS) ACT, 1953 

##ACT NO. 16 OF 1953 

[6th May, 1953.] 

An  Act  to  assimilate  certain  laws  in  force  in  the  scheduled  areas  to  the  laws  in  force  in  the 
  districts of Nowgong and Sibsagar in the State of Assam. 

  BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:— 

1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Areas (Assimilation 
of Laws) Act, 1953. 

(2) It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 
Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. **Definitions.**—In this Act,— 

  (a) “appointed day” means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1 for the coming 
into force of this Act; 

  (b) “law” means so much of any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order or bye-law as relates to 
any of the matters enumerated in Lists I and III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. 

  (c) “scheduled areas” mean the areas specified in the Schedule. 

3. **Assimilation of laws.**—(1) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are 
in  force  in,  the  scheduled  areas  shall  on  that  day  cease  to  be  in  force  in  the  scheduled  areas  except  as 
respects  things  done  or  omitted to  be done  before that  day,  and for the removal  of  doubts, it  is hereby 
declared that section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply in relation to such cesser 
as it applies in relation to the repeal of an enactment by a Central Act. 

(2) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the district of 
Nowgong in the State of Assam shall as from that day extend to, or, as the case may be, come into force 
in, the areas specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule. 

(3) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the district of 
Sibsagar in the State of Assam shall as from that day extend to, or, as the case may be, come into force in, 
the areas specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule. 

4. **Transitional provisions.**—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  3,  the  Central 
Government or the Government of the State of Assam may, by order, direct that during such period, not 
exceeding  twelve  months  from  the  appointed  day,  as  may  be  specified  in  the  order,  any  law  which 
immediately  before  the  appointed  day  was  in  force  in  the  scheduled  areas,  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
continued to be in force therein or any specified part thereof, and may further likewise direct that any law 
which would have extended to, or come into force in, the scheduled areas on the appointed day, shall not 
be deemed to have extended thereto or come into force therein or any specified part thereof. 

5. **Savings.**—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  3,  all  suits,  cases  and  other  legal 
proceedings  between  parties  all  of  whom  belong  to  the  Scheduled  Tribes  specified  in  item  2  of  Part 
I—Assam,  of  the  Schedule  annexed  to  the  Constitution  (Scheduled  Tribes)  Order,  1950  or  such  other 
tribe or tribes, as may be specified in this behalf, shall be tried and continue to be tried under the Rules for 
the Administration of Justice and Police in the Sibsagar and Nowgong Mikir Hills Tracts as if this Act has 
not been passed. 

6. **Provision for removal of difficulties.**—If any difficulty arises in relation to the transition under 
section 3 from one law or group of laws to another law or group of laws, the Central Government may, by 
order notified in the Official Gazette, make such provision as it considers necessary for the removal of the 
difficulty. 

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###THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 2(c)] 

1. (a)  Portion  of  Gobha  Mauza  that  was  originally  in  the  Mikir  Hills  Tracts,  including  Sonaikuchi 
Reserved Forest. 

  (b) Kholahat Reserved Forest. 

  (c) Portion of Lumding Reserved Forest falling in Lanka Mauza in original Mikir Hills Tracts. 

  (d) Portion of Lumding Mauza west of the line described below:— 

     From the point where the eastern boundary of Namati Mauza meets the Kaki Jan, the line runs 
up the Kaki Jan to its source; thence in a south easterly direction in a straight line across the hill 
ridges to the confluence of Panpri stream with the Lanka Jan; thence up the Lanka Jan to its source; 
thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the Lumding Reserved Forest to the 
junction of Lankanasang Nadi with the Bara Langpher river, thence in a straight line due south till 
that line meets the southern boundary of the Lumding Mauza. 

  (e) Dabaka Reserved Forest. 

  (f) Suang Reserved Forest. 

  (g) Diju Valley South Reserved Forest. 

  (h) Bagser Reserved Forest. 

2. (a) Panbari Reserved Forest. 

  (b) Upper Daigurung Reserved Forest. 

  (c) Lower Daigurung Reserved Forest. 

  (d) Village lands of Ghatiani Pathar, Dokhara Pathar and Murphuloni of Mauza Marangi in original 
Mikir Hills Tracts. 

  (e) Portion of Barpathar Mauza east of Dhansiririver and north-east of Garampani Kaliani Road. 

  (f) Portion of Ghiladhari Mauza in original Mikir Hills Tracts. 

  (g) Portion of Sarupathar Mauza east of Dhansiri river.